Dive Review of
Truk Stop/Truk Stop Hotel in
Micronesia/Truk

 Palau, Yap, Bikini Atoll, Lake Mead Nevada, Curacao, Aruba, Cozumel, Bequa
Isl. Fiji, Moorea Tahiti 

Dive Conditions

We went to the bottom of the lagoon with rigid time constraints to avoid
getting bent. You could dive your computer, but every one followed the
boats out of the water constraints. They were liberal as much as possible
in this deep environment.   

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Overall Rating

This is a basic operation. Friendly, courteous, helpful and open to divers
who want doubles and nitrox. I recommend them over their competition for
diving since their other end of the island operator's boatman nearly got me
drowned. The room is basic, but oh the a/c is great. No outside TV, but it
has a vcr & tv. I don't recommend the Sunday Buffet. This is a really
poor island which makes most of the Caribbean look rich. 

The San Francisco Maru is a great dive at 180' with 3-tanks pointing their
guns up like they are ready to fire. The Fujikawa Maru is INCREDIBLE a must
see for coral & small fish lovers! The best corals & schools of
fish I have ever seen in one place. It is a shallow second dive.

I was incredibly lucky and hit the best weather day in six months with vis
of 200 feet. 

My last day with their competition on a tanker was rotten. Vis of 10 feet
and bad current. I was a single and stuck being last off the boat. Everyone
had gone down when I was allowed to go. I could not see anything so I
headed down 100-feet to the bottom. 

I got caught in the current and missed the boat. I surfaced behind the
boat and kept signaling with my whistle & 9' New Zealand Sausage for
the boat to pick me up as I floated farther & farther away. For 15
minutes I struggled without a snorkel not to use up my air, because I
wanted to finish this dive. 

I kept having leg cramps from my torn knee & hamstring which I had
operated on when I returned home. I could not get a last minute refund of
my trip. -Take out early accident trip ins! He finally picked me up and I
jumped in and went down to the wreck. It has very nice corals & small
fish. 
Bottom Line: Truk is well worth diving. I recommend diving Truk Stop using
a double setup which they rented me for their deep dives. It is worth a
week in Palua & Truk. 

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